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> Did we ever get a vaccine for trench foot? > No, because trench foot is something not treatable by vaccines. Isn’t that tautological? History and the futur
by hammock 3mo ago
> Did we ever get a vaccine for trench foot?
> No, because trench foot is something not treatable by vaccines.
Isn’t that tautological?
History and the future are full of things that can be treated with a vaccine that were not previously.
- Starman_Jones 3mo agoI apologize if I’m missing the point you’re making, but trench foot and vaccines are completely unrelated. Vaccines fundamentally impact viruses. Trench foot is not caused by a virus, or any infection. It’s more akin to frostbite. We’re really pushing the boundaries of what we can do with vaccines, but the root cause of trench foot is poor circulation, and a vaccine can’t really fix that.
- hammock 3mo agoI thought we are making cancer vaccines now. We are literally developing vaccines to fight thrombosis (aka blood circulation).[1] And we have vaccines that work against bacteria, specific toxins, parasites etc. Not sure you and I agree on what a vaccine is or does. [1] https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.11316 https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118....